Twitter Contest

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“CONSUMER RIGHTS IN DIGITAL AGE”

A DIGITAL SRI LANKA CONSUMERS CAN TRUST

WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY 2017

Information and Communication Technology agency (ICTA) and the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) jointly invite you to participate in the Twitter Contest organized in line with the National Conference to be held on 15th March 2017 at Nelum Pokuna Auditorium with the participation of all stakeholders representing in the digital industry in Sri Lanka.

The objective of this contest is to raise awareness on “Consumer Rights in Digital Age”. These tweets will be used for the campaign on “A DIGITAL SRI LANKA CONSUMERS CAN TRUST”.

CONTEST INFORMATION

Submission : 15 February 2017 – March 8 2017

Winners will be notified: 10 March 2017

Awarding Ceremony : 15 March 2017 @ Nelumpokuna

# CONTEST – 1

Creative Tweet Slogan – (Text Version)

All contestants are encouraged to come up with a creative slogan that should be in line with main objective of the contest.

The creative slogan should fit in a single tweet (i.e less than 140 characters) along with the event hashtag.

The slogan should give a positive message on Consumer Rights and be tweeted in English.

# CONTEST – 2

All contestants are encouraged to create a meme/poster that should reflect a theme and be in line with main objective of the contest.

Content should be tweeted (attached to the tweet) along with a description (optional) and the event hashtag.

In order to develop the theme for the content, contestants should use any of the existing Consumer Rights (one or more) that can be found on the handbook available at the Consumer Affairs Authority website (http://www.caa.gov.lk/) - (i.e pick a consumer right from the handbook -> Develop a theme -> Create a meme on the theme)

The content provide a positive/encouraging message about Consumer Rights.

All entries will be tracked based on the competition hashtag only - and need to be traceable publicly. (cannot be tweeted using private account)

For the memes and poster competition Contestants should pick the theme from the consumer rights handbook (Consumer Rights) available in the CAA website.

Contestants must be residents of Sri Lanka.

The entry should be an original work of the submitter and cannot have been previously submitted in a promotion/contest or have been exhibited or displayed through any means.

More than one entry per contestant is allowed. Each entry should be tweeted separately.

First, Second and Third place entries become the property of the Consumer Affairs Authority

By entering this contest all contestants grant the consumer Affairs Authority permission to edit, modify, copy, reproduce, publish and use the entries for awareness purpose without notice or approval.

The entry cannot contain material that violates another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright or license infringement.

Format: Contestants should be able to provide high resolution images of the entries when required.

Images Guidelines

Min to appear expanded 440 X 220 pixels

Max to appear expanded 1024 X 512 pixels

Appears in stream collapsed at 506 X 253 pixels

Max file size of 5MB for photos and 3MB for animated GIFs

No commercial brands to be endorse or negatively portrayed.

The contestants are required to follow CAA official account on Twitter, and if required, will need to verify their identity to judges. (i.e winners should provide real name etc)

The judges’ decisions will be deemed final.

JUDGING CRITERIA

Each submission will be judged based on its

Ability to clearly and correctly demonstrate the theme “Consumer Rights in Digital Age”

Originality

Entertainment Value

Production Quality

Audience appeal

HOW TO SUBMIT

All entries should be post on twitter, on or before 28th February 2017